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 Multiple error messages, blue screens, your PC suddenly restarting... It could be caused by an overheated processor (or Central Processing Unit, CPU).
If you open up your system unit, you will probably be surprised by the amount of dust that is gathered, especially by the fans. Usually there is a case fan in the front, an electrical feed fan at the back, and, most importantly, a CPU-fan (or some other cooling device), located near to or on top of your processor. (While you're at it, remove the dust, although it probably hasn't done any harm.)
Especially with the lower-range computers, the constructions and connections are sometimes very shoddy--there is of course always a reason why a computer is cheap. There have been cases where the CPU-fan was just loosely lying around in the system unit, without even being connected to the three pins that you will find close to the processor. Furthermore, this fan has to be located on top or at least very close to the CPU. The truth is that in some of these cheap PC's (mostly called 'family' or 'multi-media' computers, so beware), there is no possibility to construct the cooler close to the processor, so you have to take refuge to tape and matchboxes.
Well, if you need tape and matchboxes, use them. It could be that your processor is already seriously damaged by being overheated many times, but it could also be that your problems will just vanish--it wouldn't be the first time.
How can you know that the fan isn't just plainly broken? It's difficult and dangerous to test that with an opened up system unit. The chance is very small though, that it would just go to pieces. If the construction and connection is just the way it should be, the cause of your problem almost certainly lies somewhere else. |
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